The Meadows School located at 8601 Scholar Lane held a 2008 Summer Camp Expo at the school?s gymnasium on March 1. Top, Luke Cantu, 5, left, and Isabella Cantu, 7, pet a white leghorn chick that is just three days old at the expo booth of the Farm Day Camp at the J.R. Pony Farm. The camp is open to boys and girls in first through fifth grades. Campers will experience life on the farm, learn about the farm animals and choose their own animal to take care of. Singing, arts and crafts and pony rides also will be part of the camp. Bottom, Annette Phillips, in the white shirt, explains Camp Invention to an interested parent. Camp Invention is a hands-on action camp that allows children in grades one through six to experience coming up with solutions and inventing ways to solve community needs.Photos by Marlene KAras/View
Shadow Ridge High School's honor choir received a $1,000 first-place prize on Feb. 20 from Saturn, Mrs. Nevada and the Clark County School District's partnership office.
The group participated in the districtwide National Anthem Project, where it had to teach the words and the history of the national anthem to their peers.
Shadow Ridge is located at 5050 Brent Lane.
CARNIVAL OF CULTURES SET FOR WEDNESDAY
The International Club at Centennial Hills High School, 10200 Centennial Parkway, is holding its Carnival of Cultures fair, celebrating diversity through food, music and fun from 6 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday inside the school cafeteria.
Admission is $5 for adults and $3 for youth ages 5 to 12. Food and games will be available for an additional fee. For more information, call 799-3440.
THE MEADOWS SCHOOL TEACHER RECEIVES AWARD
Rebeeca Reeder-Hunt, a middle school English teacher at The Meadows School, 8601 Scholar Lane, received a $2,000 Teach Award from Best Buy.
EARTH SCIENCE WORKSHOP TO BE AT CHEYENNE HIGH SCHOOL
The Nevada Mining Association and the Nevada Division of Minerals are presenting the 19th annual Southern Nevada Earth Science Workshop from Monday through March 19 at Cheyenne High School, 3200 W. Alexander Road.
The program is open to teachers, librarians, museum directors and other educators.
There will be hands-on activities and demonstrations, including gold-panning, exhibits and a half-day field trip to a working mine or geological interest site.
An optional post-workshop field trip with Earth scientists to Death Valley and Ryan Mine also is available.
Participants can earn one college credit through UNLV's Continuing Education program or one Professional Development Credit through the Clark County School District's PDE Credit program.
Additionally, a Master Teacher program will be offered for those who previously have attended a workshop, and a Geology from the Ground Up class will be offered for beginners.
For more information or to register, visit www.nevadamining.org.
CSN CULINARY TEAM WINS CHAMPIONSHIP
The College of Southern Nevada culinary hot food team won the 2008 Nevada State American Culinary Federation Championship in late February and will represent Nevada at the ACF Western Regional Conference from April 19-21 in Salt Lake City.
ACADEMY ACCEPTS REGISTRATION
The International Christian Academy, 8100 Westcliff Drive, is registering for the 2008-09 school year. For more information or to shedule a tour, call 869-1109.
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